Week Four Call Prep

During this week's call, you'll go through the Workshop Development process in groups, and each group has been assigned a topic.

The topics we'll be exploring are:

1. Core "Stability" and the breath
2. Foundations of Flight - Arm balances
3. Get Grounded - Floor-based hip mobility

To confirm your group and topic, click here.

Prior to the live call, spend some time reflecting on your assigned topic and how you would apply the 5 skills of Educational Empowerment to that workshop. You could continue that process with an actual outline of the movements you would teach in a 2-3 hour exploration on this theme.

During the call, your group will compile ideas (and edit accordingly) to create a cohesive workshop plan. You'll be asked to share your workshop plan with the rest of us during the second half of the call.

Now it's time to come up with even more workshop ideas since the options really are endless.

To do that, start by setting a timer for 20 minutes.

Write down as many workshop ideas you can think of before the timer goes off.

Try not to censor yourself or judge these ideas as they come to you - just write!

Once 24 hours have passed, revisit your list of workshop ideas.

1. Eliminate any ideas that are the same as the workshops we'll explore during the live call (return to Call Prep above).
   
   
2. Pull out the top three that satisfy the following criteria:

• • You can confidently speak at length about this topic.
  • It reflects something that your students need and/or are interested in.
  • This topic has the potential to differentiate you from typical offerings at your studio/in your community.

Once another 24 hours have passed, choose the ONE topic that's most appealing to you.

With this theme in mind, determine how you will integrate the five skills of Educational Empowerment in this workshop.

Intentional Exploration: How will you craft a purposeful journey using progressions and mindful repetition? How can you connect the dots from one stage to another to support continuity and cohesion?

Experiential Learning: How will you provide opportunities for students to make discoveries through exploration and experimentation? What kind of "before" and "after" experiences might be possible? How can play and creativity be built into that process?

Critical Thinking: How will you connect this topic to the "big picture" and provide students with opportunities for reflection? What questions, discussions and realizations could they can take home and continue to process?

Comprehensive Communication: What are the key messages you want to be sure to convey in this workshop? Are there any specific cues, statements or questions you want to be sure to incorporate in your teaching? Is there anything you'll be focused on NOT saying to make your communication more clear and concise?

Responsive Assessment: What will you be looking for to ensure your students are "getting it"? How can you prepare multiple approaches to the movements you intend to include to ensure that there's an option for everyone?